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Commuter lives: a review symposium on David Bissell's Transit Life.

Authors :
Latham, Alan
Edensor, Tim
Hopkins, Debbie
Fitt, Helen
Lobo, Michele
Mansvelt, Juliana
McNeill, Donald
Bissell, David
Source :
Geographical Research; Feb2020, Vol. 58 Issue 1, p94-106, 13p, 1 Color Photograph
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

This article presents a series of commentaries on Transit Life: How Commuting is Transforming Our Cities, published by MIT Press in 2018. Centring on an in—depth case study of Sydney, the book argues the need to attend carefully to the fine—grained detail of the commuting experience. In all sorts of ways, Transit Life presents a way of thinking about urban transportation radically different from that used by mainstream transport planners and geographers. Geographical Research asked six researchers—Tim Edensor, Michele Lobo, Debbie Hopkins, Helen Fitt, Juliana Mansvelt, and Donald McNeill—to reflect on what kind of research vistas might be opened up bring the tools of cultural geography and mobility research to the world of commuting. Here are their responses, rounded out by a reply by David Bissell, Transit Life's author. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
17455863
Volume :
58
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Geographical Research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
141659414
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12382